Head Editor
Last seen: 9 months ago
Gerry Sharpe is the Chief Editor of UK Construct Magazine , the Magazine of the Association of Construction Quality Professionals and also the CEO of the Association of Construction Quality Professionals. Passionate about Quality and the built environment, He has over 40 Years Construction Experience.
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One of the Labour party’s pre-election promises was to free up the planning system and get people building more homes. One of its ...
Manchester's Chinese contractor struggle...
The UK construction company perhaps least likely to go bust in 2025 is Manchester-based BCEGI.
Daily takings down again for buiders' me...
New data from the tills of Britain’s builders’ merchants show sales struggling to rally.
Catesby grows on back of L&Q acquisition
Strategic land promoter Catesby Estates reports solid growth on the back of its acquisition of L&Q Estates last year.
New president for RICS
On 1st January 2025 Justin Sullivan became the 143rd president of the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS)
Miller Homes buys St Modwen Homes for £2...
Miller Homes has agreed a deal to buy rival St Modwen Homes for £215m, taking the house builder a step closer to realising its goa...
Vistry issues third profit warning in th...
Vistry has issued a third profit warning in three months warning that adjusted profit before tax for the year will be around £250m...
Staff stunned as engineering consultancy...
Engineering consultant Clarkebond (UK) Ltd has ceased trading just three months after being acquired by a rival.
Network Rail chief Andrew Haines knighte...
Network Rail chief executive Andrew Haines received a knighthood in a New Year Honours list with few gongs for construction.
Solar panel installer fined £120,000 aft...
A solar panel specialist has been fined £120,000 after an employee broke his leg while working on a property in Salisbury.
HS2 set for “fundamental reset” to lower...
New HS2 Chief Executive Mark Wild said the project is facing “a very serious situation” and is need of a “fundamental reset” in a ...
Lendlease to sell UK construction arm to...
US private equity firm Atlas has struck a deal to buy Lendlease’s UK construction business.
Notting Hill Genesis seeks more tier 1 r...
Notting Hill Genesis plans to widen to eight firms the number of tier one repair contractors it uses in a strategic new approach t...
£113m Basildon rental homes scheme seals...
A joint venture between Orwell Real Estate and Housing Growth Partnership has secured finance to build a landmark build to rent sc...
Stiffer fines for over-running street wo...
The Government is pressing ahead with a crackdown on late-running street works with stiffer fines and £100m extra to resurface roa...
Keltbray infrastructure business reveals...
Keltbray Infrastructure Services Limited has renamed and rebranded to AUREOS.
Luxury house builder goes under with 70 ...
Luxury house builder Octagon Developments Ltd has gone into administration with all 70 staff made redundant.
Keltbray fine increased to £18m after fa...
Keltbray has seen its fine increase to £18m for bid rigging after losing an appeal against its original £16m penalty.
Cement demand to fall 25% by 2050
Global cement demand is being forecast to fall by around 25% over the next 25 years
Balfour Beatty makes hydrogen commitment
Balfour Beatty has agreed terms with GeoPura for the deployment of hydrogen power units on appropriate sites.